novelaction Chapter 139 Returning to the Prince of Nanping's Mansion
Chapter 139 Returning to the Prince of Nanping's Mansion
Chapter 139 Returning to the Prince of Nanping's Mansion
"Tomorrow you will come with me to visit the Prince of Nanping's residence," said Marquis Anshi.
Ye Pianran was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "What? I'm not going!"
Marquis Anshi's face instantly turned extremely gloomy: "This matter is not up to you! You have to go whether you like it or not!"
For Ye Pianran, the Prince of Nanping's mansion was a cage filled with nightmares and darkness. She was a thousand times, ten thousand times, unwilling to return to that ominous place. Just as she was about to rebel, 666 in her mind weakly said:
"Host... before you refuse, please take a look at the mission panel..."
Ye Pianran immediately immersed her consciousness into the space, hurriedly opened the task panel, and, following 666's instructions, clicked the cross-shaped button in front of "Hidden Tasks." She was shocked to see a string of accepted but incomplete tasks displayed on the panel. The top one clearly stated:
Hidden Quest 5: Make the water lily "Wenjun Gazing at the Moon" in the Prince of Nanping's mansion bloom.
Task difficulty: Medium
Task completion rate: 0%
"When did I accept this mission?" Ye Pianran asked in shock. "Weren't you still awakened before then?"
666 covered its face with its wings, its feathers slightly parted to reveal a pair of small, black eyes: "When the space system is not yet awakened, it can take on missions for the host. These missions are called hidden missions."
"..." Ye Pianran was speechless. She really wanted to grab 666 by the neck and make it swallow those hidden missions back! She didn't want to have any contact with Chunyu Jing at all! Not even a little bit!
Realizing Ye Pianran's intention, 666 quickly flew to the top of the peach tree branch, covered its face with its wings, and cried out, "I've already caught it, what else can I do? I'm desperate too, chirp..."
"Can I just not do this task?" Ye Pianran said weakly.
“Abandoning the mission is equivalent to mission failure, and you will be punished. The host finally managed to get the good and evil value back to a positive number…” 666’s eyes were brimming with tears.
Ye Pianran was still struggling internally.
"Don't be afraid, host. Just take Xiaoyue with you when you go to the Prince of Nanping's mansion tomorrow. Also, 666 will secretly help you and will definitely not let that scumbag Chunyu Jing do anything to you again, chirp~"
"Fine, that's the only way." Ye Pianran reluctantly agreed, "I'll do it."
Next, she went to look at the unfinished "hidden" tasks in the hidden panel and saw that there were tasks such as "curing Chunyu Yang's mother", "finishing the book given by Liu Luluo", and "promising to take care of the Golden Lotus in Qionglin Garden".
Of course, as she looked further down, she found some tasks that were marked as completed but for which she had not yet claimed the rewards. These were all previous experiences, such as "attending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at Qionglin Garden", "reviving the Golden Lotus", "breaking off the engagement", and "improving her reputation among the people".
Unbeknownst to her, she had not only accepted tasks but also completed many of them, and the system had even rated these completed tasks as "excellent."
Ye Pianran immediately accepted all the tasks. Suddenly, the space flashed with white light, and rewards rained down from nowhere, like a "reward rain." Once the space completely quieted down, Ye Pianran noticed that the stats on her character panel had changed again—
Ye Pianran, Level: Physician Apprentice
Skills: None
Acupuncture beginner level, proficiency: 30/1000
Beginner level alchemy, Proficiency: 12/1000
Good/Evil Value: 25/100
Experience value: 20065/50000
Task completion rate: 31%
Space level: Initial level 1
Spatial spiritual energy concentration: 29%
These hidden rewards not only increased her morality score by 21 points, but also filled her experience bar to halfway, and the previously sparse spiritual energy in the space gradually became denser. Looking through the reward items in her hand, she found:
Three seeds each of medium-grade human-level calamus, licorice, and rhubarb; one seed each of medium-grade heaven-level jasmine, azalea, and lotus seed; and one dose each of low-grade hemostatic powder and low-grade qi-tonifying powder.
Although the quality of the rewards varies, they are still quite generous.
Ye Pianran planted the flower seeds next to the peony bushes, then cleared another new patch of land, planted the herbs, read the two prescriptions, and then left the space to return to reality.
She had spent so much time in the space, but in An Shihou's eyes it was only a blink of an eye. When she opened her eyes, An Shihou was still glaring at her angrily. Ye Pianran changed her words and compromised:
"Fine, let him go then."
Marquis Anshi nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's very good."
The next morning, Marquis Anshi indeed brought generous gifts and, together with Ye Pianran, rode in two separate carriages to the Prince of Nanping's residence.
Inside the carriage, Ye Pianran wore a lotus-colored dress with gold koi and floral patterns, her face still veiled, exuding a mysterious yet delicate and dignified beauty. However, she had remained silent since leaving the Marquis's residence, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she were deeply worried.
Since arriving in the capital from her sect, Ye Lingyue had only seen Chunyu Yang and Chunyu Shan, and had not met any other members of the royal family. Seeing Ye Pianran's appearance, she couldn't help but feel curious and asked:
"Miss, you seem preoccupied. Are you worried about today's visit? What kind of person is the Prince of Nanping, whom we are going to meet today?"
Ye Pianran raised her eyes to look at her, her eyes as dark as ink, like two deep vortexes, exuding a suffocating oppression: "The Prince of Nanping is a man of deep thoughts, suspicious nature, and tyrannical and bloodthirsty nature. Once he decides that you have no use to him, or that you have betrayed him, no matter how you explain, there will only be one outcome, which is—death."
Infected by the emotions in her eyes, Ye Lingyue was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses and asked hesitantly, "Miss seems... to be very familiar with the Prince of Nanping?"
How could he not be familiar with her? She was once a concubine he abandoned in the backyard and ignored, and even more so, a woman he personally ordered to be cruelly executed by having her tendons severed!
Looking away, Ye Pianran said calmly, "I've only heard about it from others. Once we enter the Prince of Nanping's mansion, we must all be careful. We need to be extra cautious when dealing with people like the Prince of Nanping, otherwise, who knows what awaits us."
"Yue'er understands." Ye Lingyue straightened her face and nodded solemnly.
The carriage soon arrived at the Prince of Nanping's Mansion, and everyone disembarked. Standing in front of the mansion's gate, looking up at the plaque with the four characters "Prince of Nanping's Mansion" written in a flamboyant style, Ye Pianran's heart began to pound violently.
In her previous life, her life was ended in this very mansion by Chunyu Jing and Ye Yingrou. In this life, she has come here again, but this time she is no longer Chunyu Jing's unfavored concubine, and she will never again become Chunyu Jing's woman!
Clenching her fists and pressing her lips together, Ye Pianran stepped into the Nanping Prince's Mansion with Marquis An Shi, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The gatekeeper, having already received instructions from Chunyu Jing, bowed to Marquis Anshi and then led him and Ye Pianran towards the main hall of the Prince of Nanping's residence. Ye Pianran kept her eyes fixed straight ahead, never glancing sideways, and her heart gradually calmed down.
However, when she stepped into the front hall of the Prince's mansion with Marquis Anshi and saw Chunyu Jing with a smile on his lips, and the beautiful figure dressed as a servant behind him, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave—
Ye Yingrou! What's she doing here?